Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for Ryan for his question and acknowledge the hard work that he does in his local community supporting all of those that work and live on the barracks at Enoggera—the Gallipoli Barracks—and the strong support that he provides to those veterans and to their families.

As we know, the Indo-Pacific is witnessing a dramatic military build-up. We know that the Chinese government has 355 vessels—boats and submarines. They will have an increase in that number to 460 by the end of 2030. And we know that, over an 18-month period, at the moment, they're producing, on a tonnage rate, more in their naval fleet than what the—

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